Prof.  Silvance O. Abeka is currently an Associate Professor at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of  Science and Technology. He worked previously as a Director- Institute of Open  and Distance Learning at Africa Nazarene University and also as a Dean- Faculty  of Applied Science and Technology of Kampala International University- Dar es  Salaam Collage. He holds a PhD in Management Information System (MIS), Masters  of Science in Computer Science from University of Da es Salaam and Master of  Business Administration (Information Technology) from Kampala International  University. He is a dedicated and committed academician, and consultant who  specializes in the field of Information Systems and Technology. Able to  demonstrate strong Information Systems expertise from management, research,  analysis, design, implementation and evaluation, case writing and full project  implementation and management. Committed to the field of research and  development with the aim of improving standards of information systems and  technology adoption, diffusion, use, policy and practices through leveraging  ICT in business organizations, government and other enterprises. His research  interests include IT innovation adoption, open source software study, IT  offshoring, Management Information Systems, Foundations of Network and System  Security, Impact of Digital Technologies on Society, Networking Protocols and  Topologies, Web- Design and E- Learning Technologies.

He  has published widely in journals, conference proceedings and in books and sits  on editorial boards of several peer reviewed journals. Prof. Silvance has broad  corporate experience and is a Professional Member of IEEE Computer Society, Internet Society and Association for  Computing Machinery (ACM), the largest association of computing professionals  globally. He also sits in boards of several public and private sector organizations.